DIRECTV Contributes to Hope for Education

Samsung’s Hope for Education essay contest just announced its fifth annual winner. Oak Ridge Elementary School, located in Tallahassee, Florida, will receive over $200,000 of technological products, grants, programming, and software from Samsung, Microsoft Corporation and DIRECTV. DIRECTV is providing cash grants along with an educational television programming package, SCHOOL CHOICE. Also contributing to the celebration and announcement was Jordan Pruitt, the teen music star, who performed at the assembly.

The Principal of Oak Ridge Elementary School, D.J. Wright, said “We are honored and grateful to be selected as the grand prize school in Samsung’s Hope for Education program.” She added, “The technology, software, cash grants, and educational television programming being donated by Samsung, Microsoft, and DIRECTV will provide the teachers of Oak Ridge Elementary School with the most up-to-date education tools to help enhance the learning of our students.”

President and CEO of Samsung Electronics America, D.J. Oh, said “The students of Oak Ridge Elementary School will certainly benefit from these new products and technology. It will allow them to reach new frontiers via the Internet and through the software, cash grants, and educational television programming packages that Microsoft and DIRECTV are providing.”

The Vice President of Communications for DIRECTV, Caroline Leach, said “DIRECTV is proud to support this educational initiative.” She added, “Television does not exist in a vacuum, so to us, being a good corporate citizen stretches beyond the living room and into the classroom. We hope this year’s winning schools can benefit from our cash grants and SCHOOL CHOICE educational television programming package.”

Jordan Pruitt also had something to say of the program. She said “I am so excited to work with Samsung’s Hope for Education program and meet the students at Oak Ridge Elementary School. Receiving the best education possible has definitely helped me achieve what I have in my career and I appreciate the opportunity to work with Samsung, Microsoft, and DIRECTV to spread the message about how important technology and education is in our day-to-day lives.”